A deep dive into the 9 basic articulations at the piano with Dominic Cheli

Thu Jan 25 2024 at 11 AM PST

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In this workshop, Dominic teaches the 9 basic articulations found in piano music, and takes a deep dive into explaining their meaning and HOW to execute them!

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- priscillayam
- 1 yr ago
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Dominic, if you have time, please address move #1 Haydenpiano sonata Eb Hobs XVI/49. Bar 13 - 18 he did not slur to the resolution last 8th note but I let it resolved rather than lift up as though it is the off beat to the next bar. The whole work is full of articulations! Thanks, Priscilla.
- Christopher_Macy
- 1 yr ago
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I’m quite interested, but can’t attend because of teaching hours. Will this be available in video afterward?
- Dominic_Cheli
  
  1 yr ago
  
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  Christopher Macy Yes it will be archived at the same link as above!
- Pauline
- 1 yr ago
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I work on Thursdays, but I always enjoy watching these lessons later! It is wonderful that they are archived! Thank you, Dominic!
- Rainer
- 1 yr ago
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Hi Dominic, wich software are you using to send the streams? Watched some older streams and could hardly get you loud enough on the laptop. If you still use same settings i'll look into it for you - there were however louder recordings in between.

If by chance you're using OBS:

In your streaming software click

cogwheel at Mic/Aux -> Filters -> + -> compressor

Ratio (x:1): 2.5

Threshold: -15db

Attack: 2 ms (or lowest possible)

Release: 60ms

Output Gain: 8db

Sidechain: none

In the streams i've watched you rarely ever in that headroom so these settings compress only very loudest peaks if any. Therefor enabling pulling up everything to make use of the available range with the compressed zone as a little security cushion. If peaks hit 0db at the end of the red zone, that will yield clipping distortion. Then you could lower threshold to -18 or 20, there’s room to go.

Kind regards
- Dominic_Cheli
  
  1 yr ago
  
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  Rainer Joos Thanks! I will give it a try today!
- Rainer
  
  1 yr ago
  
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  Dominic Cheli YW - did you get to it? i think it's more saturatedly recorded now than some i've watched, you've got still good potential to go. Watched the meters during the stream. So it is OBS you're using? If yes and if you already applied the settings you can easily increase Output Gain to +12db. This would still be sufficient for fortissimo of your piano. If you want to be totally safe you can ad a second compressor at threshold -3db Ratio 10:1 , fastest possible attack, behind the first compressor. This means's if you hit -3db you would have to go 30db more to hit 0 though i think you still would not hit -3 :) Cheers :)
- Dominic_Cheli
  
  1 yr ago
  
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  Rainer Joos
  
  I used those settings you mentioned in your first post- will test out these other settings now was well!
  
  Indeed I do use OBS!
  
  Thanks so much for your comments- super helpful!
- Rainer
  
  1 yr ago
  
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  Dominic Cheli You're welcome, helps me as well! Now with these settings it merely does not compress where your audio mostly was but the range above it. If now you'd increase your mic gain you'd start to feed into the compression zone. With 2.5:1 starting at -15db means your mic output would have to increase 45db to hit digital clipping at 0. And with a second 10:1 starting at -3db there's another 30db cushion.
  
  So the art of nearly inaudible audio compression lies in compressing only the range of relatively rare peak outliers. This way, the vast majority remains uncompressed but can be overall boosted by the amount it was kept at a 'safety margin' from reaching 0 dB, where digital clipping would occur. :)
- Roy_JamesPike
- 1 yr ago
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Sorry not to be in this live session. Off to a Samba class tonight. Move it or lose it! Applies to many things! Will catch up later! Enjoy this really important topic!
- Kurt_Hollabaugh
- 1 yr ago
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Thank you, Dominic. Excellent.
- Pauline
- 1 yr ago
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Wonderful lesson, Dominic! Very helpful! Thank you!
- Pauline
- 1 yr ago
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Also, I got a chuckle out of your comment, Dominic, about Brahms - that he did not use martellato. Yes, not quite his style.
- Beth_Lester
- 1 yr ago
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I have been playing for 50 years, and I learned so much from this video. Thank you for all your teaching, Dominic. You are gifted in teaching, as well as playing.
- Retired MBA/IT Director
- Judith
- 1 yr ago
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I fully agree with Beth. You have a gift for teaching. I also learned so much and am trying hard to put it all in practice. Thanks so much.
- dav_ran
- 1 yr ago
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When "pf"/"fp" is written under a single note in a score (like in Waltz #11 of the Schubert pieces discussed in accents), how is this realized at the keyboard? Does it end up meaning that the next note will be louder/softer than the one under which the pf/fp is written (since increasing/instantaneously decreasing is impossible for a single note on the piano)? Also, what differentiate "fz" from ">" accents in the Schubert score?